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SIX MONTHS after being freed on criminal charges of conspiring to defraud the state of $1.4 m in tax revenue – linked to the importation of a $2.3 million Mercedes Benz G-wagon, Housing Minister David Lee and businessman Hugh Leong Poi were re-arrested and charged with the same offences.

The development came after a judge reviewed the April 7 decision of acting Chief Magistrate Christine Charles and found sufficient evidence for both men to face trial before a judge and jury.

Lee, the Member of Parliament for Caroni Central and a deputy political leader of the ruling UNC, surrendered at Police Administration Building in Port of Spain with his lawyer shortly before 3 pm.